Flip through Flanders
Flanders' finest writers and their books are crossing the Channel
Flip through Flanders is an initiative that promotes Dutch-language literature from Flanders across the UK and Ireland. Catch authors and translators at live events and workshops as they shine a spotlight on the literary landscape of northern Belgium. From picture books to theatre, from poetry and novels to non-fiction: come and flip through Flanders.
Calendar: meet Flanders' finest writers at UK festivals & events
September
- Saturday 23 September 2023 from 10.00AM to 4.00PM | Wigtown Book Festival
- Author Tom Schamp draws Wigtown | Join Belgian illustrator Tom Schamp to create a huge piece of participatory art that will celebrate 25 years of Wigtown Book Festival
- Read more on wigtownbookfestival.com
- Sunday 24 September 2023 from 10.00AM to 4.00PM | Wigtown Book Festival
- Author Tom Schamp draws Wigtown | Join Belgian illustrator Tom Schamp to create a huge piece of participatory art that will celebrate 25 years of Wigtown Book Festival
- Read more on wigtownbookfestival.com
- Friday 29 September 2023 from 10.00PM to 11.00PM | Lakes International Comic Art Festival
- Author Pieter de Poortere with A Slice of Dickie
- Read more on comicartfestival.com
October
- Sunday 1 October 2023 from 10.15AM to 11.15AM | Lakes International Comic Art Festival
- Author Pieter De Poortere participates in International Cartoon Battles
- Read more on comicartfestival.com
- Sunday 1 Ocotober 2023 from 5.00PM to 6.00PM | Lakes International Comic Art Festival
- Author Pieter de Poortere with Close Encounters of the Dickie Kind
- Read more on comicartfestival.com
- Tuesday 3 October 2023 at 11.30AM | Reading is Magic Festival
- Author Tom Schamp presenting Wheels, The Big Fun Book of Vehicles (children's literature)
- Read more on readingismagicfestival.com
- Sunday 8 October 2023 at 2.50 PM | Cheltenham
- Author and illustrator Mattias De Leeuw and translator Laura Watkinson presenting Later, When I'm Big (children's literature)
- Read more on cheltenhamfestivals.com
- Sunday 15 October 2023 at 5.30PM | Durham Book Festival
- Author Charlotte Van den Broeck will be talking about Bold Ventures (non fiction)
- Read more on newwritingnorth.com
- Friday 20 October 2023 | Literary Translation Workshop
- online fiction workshop with Kristen Gehrman from 10.00 – 12.00 (Dutch time) / 09.00 – 11.00 (UK time)
- online fiction workshop with Kristen Gehrman from 10.00 – 12.00 (Dutch time) / 09.00 – 11.00 (UK time)
NOVEMBER
- Thursday 23 November 2023 | Literary Translation Workshop
- online non fiction workshop with David McKay from 17.00 – 19.00 (Dutch time) / 16.00 – 18.00 (UK time)
DECEMBER
- Monday 4 December 2023 | Literary Translation Workshop
- online graphic novel workshop with Anna Asbury and Laura Vroomen from 10.00 – 12.00 (Dutch time) / 09.00 – 11.00 (UK time)
About #flipthroughflanders
Flip through Flanders is financed by Flanders Literature, with support from the Diplomatic Representation of Flanders to the United Kingdom. Flanders Literature works together with Modern Culture on this campaign.